Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Easter Bergamot Pear

Artist George Brookshaw (British, 1751 - 1823)

Date1804-1812

MediumAquatint with stipple engravings, printed in color and finished by hand

Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Terry White

Object number2010.57.9

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionBotanical drawing of the Easter Bergamot Pears (Cressan, Tarlington, and the Aster bergamot varities), each shown with a single fruit hanging from a woody stem with green leaves. Plate 85 from "Pomona Britannica", London: T. Bensley for the author, published by White, Cochrane and Co., E. Lloyd and W. Lindsell, 1804-1812.